Research interests:

  • Genesis of magmatic, metasomatic and hydrothermal ore deposits in the crust and upper mantle

  • Metal transport by fluids in the crust and upper mantle

  • Fingerprinting ore-forming processes and development of innovative exploration tools

  • Extraterrestrial ore deposits

  • The evolution of redox states of terrestrial planets and protoplanets


Available student research projects:

Undergraduate Research:

  • Introductory studies on a variety of ore deposits.

Graduate Research:

  • Economic Geology: Iron ore deposits

  • Economic Geology: Cu (Mo, Au) porphyry deposits

  • Economic Geology: Development of geochemical exploration tools for magmatic and hydrothermal ore systems

  • Geochemistry: The origin, composition and metal transport capacity of fluids at different levels of the lithosphere

  • Forensic Geochemistry: Geochemical fingerprinting of conflict minerals